Autonomy of Community and Complementary Currencies in Relation to State Law. The Eusko, the Ekhi and the Txantxi in the Basque Country

30 Pages Posted: 22 Jul 2018 Last revised: 17 Dec 2018

Date Written: May 30, 2018

Abstract

English abstract: The emergence of complementary and community currencies (CCCs) at a global and local scale manifests the normative innovation that characterizes these initiatives. Based on three case studies of CCCs in the Basque Country (the Ekhi, the Eusko and the Txantxi) the present paper explores the normative order of the CCCs and their processes of institutionalization through tactics of legal convergence. The level of autonomy of each CCC is systematized from a socio-legal and a socio-economic approach. The study concludes that through CCCs new institutional fields are opened which strengthen the normative and economic autonomy of the communities.


Spanish abstract: La emergencia a nivel global y local de monedas complementarias y comunitarias (MCC) pone de manifiesto la innovación normativa que caracteriza estas iniciativas. A partir de tres estudios de casos de MCC en el País Vasco (Ekhi, Eusko y Txantxi), el presente trabajo explora los órdenes normativos de las MCC y sus procesos de institucionalización mediante tácticas de convergencia legal. Se sistematiza el nivel de autonomía de cada MCC desde un enfoque socio-jurídico y socio-económico. Se concluye que a través de las MCC se habilitan nuevos espacios institucionales que fortalecen la autonomía normativa y económica en las comunidades.

Keywords: Complementary and community currencies, autonomy, normative innovation, normative orders, institutionalization, socio-legal approach, socio-economic approach, Monedas Comunitarias y Complementarias, autonomía, innovación normativa, órdenes normativos, institucionalización, enfoque socio-jurídico

Suggested Citation

Radeljak, Florencia, Autonomy of Community and Complementary Currencies in Relation to State Law. The Eusko, the Ekhi and the Txantxi in the Basque Country (May 30, 2018). Oñati Socio-Legal Series, vol. 8, n. 7 (2018), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3187400

Florencia Radeljak (Contact Author)

Buenos Aires University ( email )

Figueroa Alcorta 2002
CABA
Buenos Aires, WY 1414
Argentina

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